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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a booming economy, about 40% of households said they would have trouble paying a $ 400 unexpected expense. About half of these households really didn’t have $ 400, and the other half had $ 400 but were burdened by credit card debt.  When households are operating under such tight budgets, […]

Cisco Systems Inc. is about to show investors how the networking giant has dealt with increasing component costs amid a global chip shortage. Cisco CSCO, -0.34% is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon, wrapping up its fiscal year. The company acknowledged back in May that it was facing supply constraints and higher […]

The Biden administration is set to announce that most vaccinated Americans should get a COVID-19 booster shot eight months after being fully vaccinated, the New York Times reported Monday night. An official announcement is expected later the week, the Times said, and the first booster could be administered to nursing-home residents and health-care workers as […]

Dear Quentin, I am writing to you in desperation. I have no regular income weekly or monthly. I recently married my second husband. He has three adult children from his first marriage, and two from his second marriage, one of whom is intellectually disabled and lives with us — even though her mother officially has […]

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The sudden collapse of Afghanistan is raising questions about the standing of the U.S. in the eyes of its allies and enemies, while investors and analysts debate what it means for the dollar and other assets. See full story. Americans are creating their own vaccine mandates by cutting ties with the unvaccinated […]

Oil futures fell Monday, with the commodity under pressure after a round of weak China data underscored the potential damage to demand from the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The factors pressuring oil prices include “rising COVID-19 cases, lower economic activity in China and delayed economic recovery elsewhere,” said […]

The longest winning stretch in 14 years ended on Monday as European stocks slipped. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.50% declined 0.5%, after having closed higher for 10 consecutive trading days. The European index had not registered that achievement since a run that ended on Dec. 15, 2006. That said, the index has edged up […]

Scott Peng, the founder and chief investment officer of New York investment manager Advocate Capital Management, made at the beginning of the year what seemed to be a prescient call — that the yield on the 10-year Treasury would spike. And it did, for a while, surging as much as 83 basis points in the […]

U.S. stock futures declined on Monday, as weaker-than-forecast Chinese economic data cast a pall on market sentiment. What’s happening Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, -0.32% declined 77 points; Futures on the S&P 500 ES00, -0.30% declined 0.2%; Futures on the Nasdaq Composite NQ00, -0.20% slipped 0.1%. Last week, the S&P 500 SPX, […]

Hyatt Hotels Corp. plans to buy resort company Apple Leisure Group from its private-equity owners for $ 2.7 billion. The deal for the company, which is owned by KKR & Co. KKR, +0.13% and travel-and-leisure specialist KSL Capital Partners LLC, was announced Sunday after The Wall Street Journal reported it was imminent. The transaction is the latest sign of […]

After 20 years in the shadows, the Taliban have returned to power in Afghanistan, raising questions about stability in the Middle East and stoking some potential unrest in U.S. financial markets, amid a weekend that was rife with political developments. However, the impact to the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.04%, […]

T-Mobile US Inc. confirmed Sunday that it is investigating claims that a hacker is attempting to sell the personal data of more than 100 million customers. Vice’s Motherboard first reported the incident, in which a hacker on an online forum claimed to be selling private data that includes names, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers […]

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Company insiders and professional investors are buying shares of Alibaba, Chegg and Activision Blizzard, among others. See full story. 20 stocks for maximum growth as the world switches to clean energy A landmark U.N. climate report is urging policy makers to reduce carbon output. These companies operate in industries aiming to do […]

Dear Quentin, I’ve been married for 27 years now, and my husband and I have been estranged for the last six years. He is a serial cheater and has only held a job for six consecutive years. He’s done small gigs here and there, but mostly does construction as his side hustle.  We live in […]

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Company insiders and professional investors are buying shares of Alibaba, Chegg and Activision Blizzard, among others. See full story. 20 stocks for maximum growth as the world switches to clean energy A landmark U.N. climate report is urging policy makers to reduce carbon output. These companies operate in industries aiming to do […]

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Company insiders and professional investors are buying shares of Alibaba, Chegg and Activision Blizzard, among others. See full story. 20 stocks for maximum growth as the world switches to clean energy A landmark U.N. climate report is urging policy makers to reduce carbon output. These companies operate in industries aiming to do […]

Facebook, according to a July 28 earnings call, plans to “transition from the social network to a metaverse company.” Say what? Let’s start with a definition for that new buzzword, metaverse: A confluence of physical, augmented and virtual reality. In the metaverse, those media formats come together to form a persistent digital presence in which […]

Over the past two centuries, federal, state and municipal governments across the U.S. have launched wave after wave of infrastructure projects. They built canals to move freight in the 1830s and 1840s. Governments subsidized railroads in the mid- and late 19th century. They created local sewage and water systems in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and […]

A decision in a landmark antitrust legal case could come by the end of the month, but that is far from the only concern bearing down on Apple Inc. Legal experts anticipate federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will side with Apple AAPL, +0.14% in its legal fight with Epic Games Inc., denying the “Fortnite” maker’s […]

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. According to a 2020 Edward Jones/Age Wave study, one in three new retirees struggles with finding purpose after leaving their job. In many ways, that’s not surprising. Like author and motivational speaker Wayne Dyer used to say, “If you are what you do, then when you don’t, you […]